speech threshold
2023-05-13
https://gyazo.com/bbab6c3794b73d72f2ec7d8209625bbb
A story about a park being closed down because people living near the park complained about the noise of children's voices.
Lots of people happy to have a park.
I think it's natural and I don't speak up about it.
People who think kids in the park are too loud.
Complain loudly
noisy minority
If each person's opinion is combined, the park survives.
However, the "cost of expressing an opinion" is so great that a large number of smaller opinions are not expressed and are considered zero.
This structure could be improved by technology that lowers the cost of expressing opinions.
A digital technology-based opinion system can be a means of improvement.
It could be said to lower opinion distribution costs.
Static friction
bell tolling
2025-08-31
The silent majority voice could result in a bad future in the long run because all decisions are biased toward maintaining the status quo because there is a minority of people who will change the world.
Science fiction about aliens interfering to prevent humans from expanding into space.
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